The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-24
ASIATIC CHOLERA
BROUGHT TO ruls COUNTRY
by Passenger Stsamship-Eight Deaths
During the voyngo-aisasures Taken to i
Prevent Spread Of tho Dlscass-what y
Surgeon General Hamilton Says. III

NEw YoRH, Sept. 23.-Ths dreaded
plague has reached the United States.
The steamship Alesia, which arrlvet
below last night, from Marsellles and Ma
pies with six hundred passengers, hat
Asiatic cholera aboard. @H,.
Eight Of her passengers died on tht
passage and on her arrival at Quarantine
the Health Officer found iour cases aboard
Tho Alesla and her passengers have
been sent TO West Bank, in the lower bay
The AlesIa left Maraeilles August 80
and Naples September 3. sheis consigned
to James W. Elwoll 4 Co. On septem.
ber IL, Luigi Maria, q ateerage passenger,
aged 23 years, was taken sick and died on
the 10Th. Antonio Baldyara, another
ateerage passenger, aged 3S, was taken
aick and died on the same date--the 15.h,
Jean Lenivolin, sailor, aged 10, died tho
following day, In less than "a hours
from the time he WAS taken down
with tho disease. On the 18th Jean
somma, sailor, aged 20, was taken sick.
He died on the 10th. SsralIiu Du Lus,
aged q. a steerage passenger, died on the
10th. Anna Veltriaged, q s.eerage pas.
senger, aged AZ, died on the 2lst. Fran.
cisco Matteo, aged Al, was taken sick be-.
fore coming on board, and died on the 22d,
probably of bronchitiH. Maria Antonio
Scala Veuo, aged 80, was also ailing at the
time OF coming on board aud died on the
2od, though without any symptoms Of
cholera. All tho above we're buried atsea.
The Alesia is now in the lower bay.
Her Bick passengers will bo transferred to
the swiuturue Island Hospital. All tho
remaining passengers will bs transferred
to Hoffman 1slaud for observation.
The ship will remain in the lower bay
until she has. been thoroughly iumigated
and clsansed. : +.
MEASURES TAKEN TO PREVENT A SPREAD or
,5 THE DlsEAsE. t-h5.
The steamer Alesia, Captain Vallat,
sailed from Naples a. the time when the
cholera was raging in that city and vicini-
ty, even in worse form than in the
other Italian ports. Those taken sick got
aboard at Naples. Other ports at which
the Alesia took passengers and msrchan-
diza were Marseilles, Genoa and Palermo.
1t is thought that come csses originally
came from Sicily. II,
The Tug Indian, on which the general
sgent went down the bay, took an assorted
lot Of PROVISIONS, which had been selected
by the health officer, suitable to cholera
cases. The Fabre Line paid the cost Of
the provisions, which is sufficient to feed
the passengers one day at least. An
ample stock .;will be . laid in at
once. A vast amount of Baggage
was taken Oft the steamer to Hoa-
man Island. The baggage and the
passengers wero placed in hospitals, sub
jected to rigorous fumigasion with sui
phur. Everything was done to avoid all
chance Of future ravages OF the disease.
The steamer was also subjected to
thorough disintection and cleaning. 81
President Baylea, Of the Health Board,
is not ct all alarmed over the outbreak OF
cholera upon the Alesis. It is too late
in the esasan, he esys, to worry,
Tho Department is in good shape to
deal with the disease. In the eventoi an
epidemic the Board wnuld have $50 900 at
their command. The present Health
Board was organized to meet the epi-
demic Of 1855. ~